Commissioner Ellen J. Hurley - Planning Commission

On December 6, 2011, the Board of Supervisors, on a motion by Braddock
District Supervisor John Cook, appointed Ellen J. "Nell" Hurley
to serve as the Planning Commissioner for the Braddock District.
Officially sworn in on January 18, 2012, Commissioner Hurley's current
term will expire on December 31, 2015.

Hurley earned a Master of Science degree from the University of
Virginia in Urban and Environmental Planning with a concentration in
Public School Policy Planning and a Master of Science degree from the
U.S. Navy Postgraduate School in Decision Systems Technology. She has
been an Associate Professor at Old Dominion, Hampton, and Norfolk State
Universities where she taught Leadership and Management.

Hurley is a retired U.S. Navy Captain with 25 years in leadership,
education, technical, acquisition, and staff positions. Among her many
duties were Senior White House Systems Analyst; Director of Plans,
Programs and Budgeting for the Defense Nuclear Agency; Executive
Officer, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia; Executive Officer, Navy
ROTC Unit Hampton Roads, and Commanding Officer, Navy Recruiting
District Philadelphia. She served at Navy Communications Stations in
Hawaii, Northern Ireland, Florida, and the Republic of the Philippines.

Hurley has been actively involved in her community, including
participation in the Braddock District Community Dialog on
Transportation and Land Use and serving as Field and Uniform Director
for Braddock Road Youth Club Soccer and as Girl Scout Service Unit
Cookie Manager for 36 troops. She received a 2010 Fairfax County
Champion of Character award "as a parent who always exemplifies
superb sportsmanship and character in youth sports." Her current
community activities include Corresponding Secretary for the Fairfax
Genealogy Society and volunteer service with Neighborhood Watch,
Fairfax County Public Libraries, and the Medical Reserve Corps.

Hurley has also particpated in a wide variety of education-related
groups inlcuding serving as President, W. T. Woodson High School Parent
Teacher Student Organization; Education Chair and Corresponding
Secretary, Fairfax County Council of Parent Teacher Associations
(FCCPTA); officer of the Northern Virginia District of the Virginia
PTA; and member of the Annandale Regional Planning Study, the Fairfax
County Public Schools Business and Community Advisory Committee, the
Gifted and Talented Advisory Committee, the Mathematics Textbook
Advisory Committee, and the Fairfax County Association for the Gifted.

She and her husband, retired Navy Supply Corps Rear Admiral Gwilym
"Bill" Jenkins, have raised four daughters, all graduates of
Fairfax County Public Schools.